The Horizon Problem
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You can solve the horizon problem by having the universe expand ultra-fast for a time, just after the big bang, blowing up by a factor of 1050 in 10-33 seconds. But is that just wishful thinking? "Inflation would be an explanation if it occurred," says University of Cambridge astronomer Martin Rees. The trouble is that no one knows what could have made that happen.
So, in effect, inflation solves one mystery only to invoke another. A variation in the speed of light could also solve the horizon problem - but this too is impotent in the face of the question "why?" In scientific terms, the uniform temperature of the background radiation remains an anomaly.
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Wouldn't that kind be explained by the theory (I think it's called chaos something or other) where the laws of physics are breaking down over time and making the universe more chaotic. All physical properties were at one time "one", but over time and the futher things move away from the centre, they deteriorate more and more. That would expain why the speed of light (or anything) was faster at one time.